Fezzan province

Fezzan
ⴼⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Berber languages)
فزان (Arabic)
Region
Fezzan was a governorate within both Italian Libya and the Kingdom of Libya, 1934–1963.
Fezzan was a governorate within both Italian Libya and the Kingdom of Libya, 1934–1963.
Country Libya
CapitalSabha
Area
[1]
 • Total551,170 km2 (212,810 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[2]
 • Total442,090
 • Density0.80/km2 (2.1/sq mi)

Fezzan province is one of the three traditional Provinces of Libya. It was a formal province from 1934 until 1963, when it was subdivided into the Governorates of Libya. Its capital was the city of Sabha.

In 1963, the province was split into:

  1. ^ Abdel Aziz Tarih Sharaf, "Jughrafia Libia", Munsha’at al Ma’arif, Alexandria, 2nd ed., 1971, pp.232–233.
  2. ^ 2006 census, based on the sum of population of districts Murzuq, Sabha, Wadi al Hayaa, Ghat, Jufra, Wadi al Shatii